BB820: Risk assesment of chemicals
Study Board of Science
Teaching language: English
EKA: N110010112, N110010102
Assessment: Second examiner: None
Grading: Pass/Fail
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Master's level course approved as PhD course
STADS ID (UVA): N110010101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 25-04-2019
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Approved - active
Comment
It would be advantageous to supplement this course with the course KE836 "Environmental chemical risk management and risk assessment" in order to obtain a 10 ECTS course package.
Entry requirements
Academic preconditions
Students taking the course are expected to:
Have obtained a bachelor's degree in natural- or technical science and basic knowledge about ecotoxicological/toxicological definitions like dose-response and lethal concentrations. It is expected that the student is familiar with the potential harmful effects of chemicals on animals and humans.
Have obtained a bachelor's degree in natural- or technical science and basic knowledge about ecotoxicological/toxicological definitions like dose-response and lethal concentrations. It is expected that the student is familiar with the potential harmful effects of chemicals on animals and humans.
Course introduction
For biologists and engineers who are employed in private and public environmental administration, risk assessment of chemicals will be a possible responsibility area. The course will supply the basic theory and terminology necessary for risk assessment of chemicals. The course will give practical experience in performing risk assessment of chemicals
The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the achievement of a bachelor degree in natural-or technical science.
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- Give the competence to analyse and work with complex assignments and to work toward solutions as part of a team
- Give skills to discover and utilise relevant knowledge in risk assessment of chemicals
- Give knowledge and understanding of the scientific basis for risk assessment of chemicals
Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
- Describe toxicological and ecotoxicological concepts used in hazard and risk assessment of chemicals
- be able to use the standard procedures used in hazard and risk assessment of chemicals
- Demonstrate knowledge of the demands for data necessary for carrying out a risk assessment
- know the test systems used to demonstrate toxicity
- Use the methods used in extrapolation from test systems to human and environmental adverse effects
- Characterize the uncertainties associated with risk assessment of chemicals
- be able to find and use relevant information about the toxicological and ecotoxicological adverse effects of chemicals
- be able to perform risk assessment of specific, selected chemicals based on that knowledge.
Content
The students will be introduced in lectures to the following topics:
- Principles for hazard and risk assessment of chemicals; basic concepts in toxicology and ecotoxicology; data requirements in human and environmental risk assessment; test systems; uncertainties in risk assessment; principles for regulating the use of chemicals; risk perception; principles for the authorization of pesticides; ecotoxicological effects in the aquatic and terrestrial environment and in sediments; calculation of PNEC values; models; uncertainty factors; QSAR; estimation of PEC values; to find relevant data for risk assessment; EU chemicals policy
- Participants carry out in group work an environmental risk assessment of a pesticide based on real data; this risk assessment is presented to the other course participants in the form of lectures
- At work, participants review the risk assessments for the chemicals that have been processed in the EU system; these risk assessments are presented to the other course participants in the form of lectures
- Participants search for literature on the toxicological properties of a specific - for them hitherto unknown - chemicals
- Participants perform chemicals without experimental data and QSAR estimation of daphne LC-50 values using the OECD QSAR Toolbox. Mandatory reports on this are submitted
Literature
Risk assessment of chemicals, an introduction. 2nd edition. CJ Van Leuween & T.G Vermeire. 2007
See itslearning for syllabus lists and additional literature references.
Examination regulations
Prerequisites for participating in the exam a)
Timing
Autumn
Tests
Test
EKA
N110010112
Assessment
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
To be announced during the course
ECTS value
0
Additional information
2x2 hour test of the acquired skills.
The prerequisite examination is a prerequisite for participation in exam element a).
The prerequisite examination is a prerequisite for participation in exam element a).
Exam element a)
Timing
Autumn
Prerequisites
| Type | Prerequisite name | Prerequisite course |
|---|---|---|
| Examination part | Prerequisites for participating in the exam a) | N110010101, BB820: Risk assesment of chemicals |
Tests
Mandatory assignments
EKA
N110010102
Assessment
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
Exam aids allowed, a closer description of the exam rules will be posted in itslearning
ECTS value
5
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
Lectures have been choosen to give the basic theory and terminology of hazard and risk assessment of chemicals. Tutorials constitute the major part of the teaching because they supply practical experience in risk assessment of chemicals by use of databases, which are also used in professional risk assessment.
Activities during the stydyphase; It is expected that 75 h are used to finalize the tasks which have been initiated in the fixed tutorials.
Activities during the stydyphase; It is expected that 75 h are used to finalize the tasks which have been initiated in the fixed tutorials.